Ukraine security guarantees must be real, not bluffs, Lithuania says

OSLO, ⁠Jan 5 (Reuters) - ⁠Any ‍security guarantees offered ‍to Ukraine as part ​of a deal ​to end the war with Russia must be real, ​Lithuania's Foreign Minister Kestutis ​Budrys said on Monday.

"We ‌can't be bluffing... Russia wouldn't buy our ​bluffs. It ⁠needs to be real... ‌The security guarantees need to ‌be very clear," Budrys ‌told a joint press conference in Vilnius with ‍his German counterpart Johann ⁠Wadephul.

(Reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis, editing by Terje Solsvik and Essi Lehto)

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